Comments on: Social Media at the Interactive Vietnam Veterans Memorial http://www.rockymountainvoices.com/blog/2008/03/26/social-media-at-the-interactive-vietnam-veterans-memorial/ Innovators, entrepreneurs, and technologies based in the Rocky Mountains Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:00:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Jim http://www.rockymountainvoices.com/blog/2008/03/26/social-media-at-the-interactive-vietnam-veterans-memorial/#comment-5242 Jim Fri, 28 Mar 2008 13:28:58 +0000 http://www.rockymountainvoices.com/blog/2008/03/26/social-media-at-the-interactive-vietnam-veterans-memorial/#comment-5242 In 1997 a small group of relatives and buddies of some of those who died in Vietnam opened the web site named The Virtual Wall (TM) at <a href="http://www.VirtualWall.org" rel="nofollow">www.VirtualWall.org</a>. The Virtual Wall has published thousands of personal tributes, photographs, and letters honoring the fallen. Thousands of relatives and buddies have been able to contact each other by posting their email address or using the anonymous email forwarding of The Virtual Wall. The Virtual Wall does not accept or charge a fee or donation, and does not have advertising. The purpose of The Virtual Wall is to honor the fallen and to help the relatives and buddies of the fallen to ensure that person will not be forgotten. A handfull of veterans have built, maintained, and constantly update the Coffelt database, which is periodically given the the National Archives for use as their Vietnam Casualty database. In 1997 a small group of relatives and buddies of some of those who died in Vietnam opened the web site named The Virtual Wall (TM) at http://www.VirtualWall.org. The Virtual Wall has published thousands of personal tributes, photographs, and letters honoring the fallen.

Thousands of relatives and buddies have been able to contact each other by posting their email address or using the anonymous email forwarding of The Virtual Wall.

The Virtual Wall does not accept or charge a fee or donation, and does not have advertising. The purpose of The Virtual Wall is to honor the fallen and to help the relatives and buddies of the fallen to ensure that person will not be forgotten.

A handfull of veterans have built, maintained, and constantly update the Coffelt database, which is periodically given the the National Archives for use as their Vietnam Casualty database.

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